Train fare-punch



(No Model.)

W. D. EITEL.

TRAIN FARE PUNCH.

No. 444,576. Patented Jan. 13,1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIS D. EITEL, OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.

TRAIN FARE-PUNCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 444,576, dated January 13, 1891.

Application filed July 1, 1890.

T0 (ti/Z whom it may concern;

Beit known that I, WTLLIs D. EITEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Jose, Santa Clara county, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Train Fare- Punches; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same. I

My invention relates to a device which I call a train farc punch, which is adapted for the use of conductors for the purpose of indicating the amount of money received for tickets sold upon the train.

It consists of aeasing containing a train of gearing, reciprocating racks by which the gears and connected indicators are wound, said racks being actuated by the ticket, and gages to limit the movement, together with certain details of construction.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanation of my invention, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sect on showing the interior mechanism of one side. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section. Fig. 3 is an exterior view showing a part broken away. Fig. i is a perspective view of the punch-plate. Figs. 5 and 6 are detailsillustratin g a ratchet mechanism for permitting the return of the racks.

A is an exterior case, within which the operating mechanism is contained, and 13 is a lever, having one end t'ulcruined near the end of the case and adapted to operate two punches 0, one of which is situated upon each side of. the case. This case A has a central diaphragm or partition extending through it, and upon each side of this diaphragm is iixed a rack-bar D, which slides between suit-able guides, and has the teeth upon its upper edge engaging with the teeth of a pinion it, the shaft of this pinion being 3ournaled suitably within the case. This pinion or another upon the same shaft engages and turns a gear-wheel F. Upon the shaft of the gear-whcel F is another pinion G, which engages with the second gear-wheel H. Fixed within the case and with suitable relation to these gear-wheels are the index-fingers 1.

The faces of the wheels or disks F and H are marked so as to indicate any desirable sums of money, such as cents or dollars.

In my device I have arranged one set of gears with their actuating rack-bar so as to indicate the number of cents by locating them in front of the fixed indexdiands, and upon the opposite side the disks are marked to indieate dollars. The tickets are printed of a certain length, having the various amounts in dollars marked near one edge and the amounts in cents near the opposite edge. lVhen a ticket is purchased by the passenger, the conductor will introduce the edge having the dollarunark upon it into a narrow slot 2 in line with the rack-bar upon that side, and pressing it back the'ticket will strikethe endof the rackbar D and will move it back until the amount which it is desired to punch outis brought opposite the punch G upon that side, the said punch niovingin a suitable guideslot 3. The handle B is then pressed down and the amountin dollars will be punched out. If there are any cents to bcpunched, theopposite end of the ticket will be introduced to the other side of the punch and moved in until the amount in cents is brought opposite the punch 0 upon that side, which is then operated by the same handle and the amount of cents punched out. This operation will move the rack-ba' in that side of the punch in the same manner as before described, and will rotate the pinion E and the gears or disks F and H, so as to show by means of the index hands or pointers l. the amount which has been punched out. Each additional amount thus punched will be added by the movement of the disks, which act as a mechanical adding-machine. The rack-bar D is returned to its first position by means of a coilspring contained within asuitacting to return the bar I.) to its normal position whenever the ticket has been removed from the slot. To permit the rack to return without acting upon the gearing, I employ any well known form of ratchet mechanism. (See Figs. 5 and 0.) A suitable spring serves to raise the lever B and the punches after each operation.

If desired, steps or gages J may be constructed to slide in slots or guides upon the sides of the case, and they are held at any point where it is desired to stop the ticket to able case upon the shaft of the pinion E, and

bring it properligbeneath the punch by the serrated plates and the thumb-nuts L, by which the stops are fixed in place.

In order to adapt the punch for the ordi-- nary uses where it is only necessary to punch out a single hole, I have shown the punchplate made of sufficient width to have the two punches C 0 formed upon opposite sides, while a central punch O, of any desired shape, extends out to a greater length than these two. This central punch passes through a corresponding hole, and a slot M is made in the extension of the case to admit the ticket to be punched, so that when it is in place and the handle is pressed down a hole will be made through the ticket.

This punch is to be used upon tickets or checks when it is not necessary to move the indicators or punch out any amounts.

The case is hinged to open about the pin 0, and is locked at (Z. The figures punched out by the punches O C fall into receptacles within the case and may be removed when the case is Opened.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a punch, a train of gearing contained within a case, a rack reciprocating within the case and engaging the gear-wheels so as to cause them to rotate, a slot made in the easing for the introduction of the ticket, whereby the reciprocating rack may be forced backward, and a spring which returns the rack to its normal position after the ticket is removed, in combination with an indicator or register operated by the movement of the gearing, substantially as herein described.

2. In a punch, the train of gearing contained within a casing, the reciprocating rack engaging said gearing so as to rotate it when the rack is moved in one direction, and a ratchet mechanism which allows the rack to return without acting upon the gearing, a spring by which the rack is returned after it has been forced inward, a slot into which a ticket may be introduced to press the rack backward and rotate the gearing, a punch and a handle whereby said punch is operated to perforate the ticket at any given point after it has been introduced into the slot, and an indicating or registering device operated by the train of gearing to register the amount which has been punched upon the ticket, substantially as herein described.

In a punclna train of gearing contained within a case, a reciprocating-rack engaging said gearing so as to rotate itin one direction, a spring by which said rack is returned, and a ratchet mechanism allowing the rack to be returned without acting upon the gearing, a slot into which the ticket may be introduced so as to engage the rack and force it backward, and an adjustable gage or stop with means for fixing it so as to limit the movement of the ticket and the rack, in combination with a punch and a hand e whereby the punch may be operated so as to perforate the ticket, and an indicating mechanism whereby the amount punched from the ticket may be registered, substantially as herein described.

4. A punch consisting of two independent trains of gearing contained within a single casing and upon opposite sides thereof, independent racks engaging, respectively, the two trains of gearing, corresponding slots upon each side of the easing, into which a ticket may be introduced so as to force either of the racks backward to operate its own train of gearing, a puncli consisting of a plate having projections upon eachside corresponding with the two trains of gearing and reciprocating racks, and indicating devices whereby the amounts punched upon either side may be registered independently, substantially as herein described.

5. A punch consisting of a plate having the exterior projectionsO, a casing having a guiding-slot 3, within which the plate operates, channels 2 beneath each of the-projections of the punch, into which a ticket may be introduced so as to be perforated by the punches, a second channel M, formed below these and having a central opening, and a central projection C from the punch-plate moving in a corresponding hole, so as to punch a ticket introduced into the lower slot, a handle fulcrumed upon the case and acting to depress the punching-plate, and a spring whereby said plate and its punches and the operatinghandle are returned to the normal position, substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

WILLIS D. EI'IEL.

Witnesses:

W. V. BRYAN, EDW. E. EITEL.

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